Garment construction.



CIA. WBRLE. GARMENT CONSTRUCTION. APPLICATION 111L111) our. 5, 1912. 1,068,956. Patented July 29, 1913.

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CATHERINE A. WERIJE, OF NA ZARETH, PENNSYLVANIA.

GARMENT CON STRUGTION.

Specification 01' Letters Patent.

Patented July 29, 1913.

Application filed October 5, 1912. Serial No. 724,054.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, CATHERINE A. WERLE, a citizen of the United States, residingin Nazareth, county of Northampton, Pennsylvania,- have invented certain Im' rovements in Garment Construction, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to garment constructions and consists particularly in means for detachably connecting buttons and the like thereto; the same being particularly valuremoved for laun able when used in connection with .childrens and ladies waists where means must be provided for securing and supporting nether garments.

Heretofore in garments of this latter described type it was-very difiicult to laundry the garments owing to the fact that it was impossible to detach the buttons,b uckles and suspenders therefrom unless the same were of a particular construction.

It is therefore one of the chief objects in my invention to attach buttons, buckles, and suspenders of well known types and of simple construction to garments in such a manner that the same may be easily and quickly ing or other purposes.

Another object o my invention is to allow freedom in the movement of the garment while on'the body and to arrange the several parts in such a manner that the nether garments may be properly held in their desired positions and by resilient connections.

These ob'ects I attain in the following manner, re erence being bad to the accom panying drawings, in which- Fi re 1, isv a viewof a childs underwais developed in a flat plane and rovided with buttons and suspenders whic are secured by my new method of attachment;

Fig. 2, is an enlarged fragmental sectional view taken on the. line-aa Fig. 1'; Figs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, are views showing how I secure a button to a loop which is permanently se-- cured to a garment; Fig. 7 ,"is a view of an under-waist showing elastics secured to the suspenders; Fig. 8, is an enlar ed sectlonal ig. 9, is a and detachably secured to loops on the gar ment; Fig. 10, is an enlarged sectional view -on the line cc Fig. 9; and' Figs. 11, 12 and 13, are views of other forms of buttons which may also be secured to a garmentiby my invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1 is the body of the garment having strips 2 secured thereto and a band 3 together withother reinforcing members 4 which are designed to take up the strain caused by the weight of the nether garments which this garment is to support. The loops 5 in the present instance consist of a cord having its ends 6' and 7 secured beneath respective strips 2 and 4 and the band 3 by stitching 8.- The buttons 9 as shown are of very simple construction having two holes or eyes 10 and 10.

In'secu'ring the buttons to the garment by means of theloop 5 it is preferable to use a gulde-wire-or an ordinary pin 11, as illustrated in the drawing, which may be passed through the closed end of the loop 5; the head of the pin serving to pull the loop through the eyes 10 and 10 in the following manner: the loop 5 is first pulled up through the hole 10 and then down through the hole 10; such a position being shown in Fig. 4. The pin may then be removed and the closed end 12. ofthe loop 5 inoved'in the direction of the arrow shown in Figs. 4 and 5 until the looped endsstraddle the button and said button completely passes therethrough as shown in Flg. 6. Then by slightly pulling the button the loop portion will become compact and tightly secured to the button. I

preferably make the loop 5 long; this permits the easy attachment of the same to the button, and also permits freedom of movement of the button and loop for any movement of the body desired.

To remove the buttons from the garment the end 12 may be slipped downward on the main portion of the loop which is shown by the vertical lines in Fig. 6 and at the same time the portion of the loop which crosses the top or other face of the button may be gradually pulled until the closed end of the loop is clear of the outer periphery-of the button at which time it may be thrown over the button and back into .the position substantially shown in Fig. 4 when the button may beeasily slid from the loop.

.The suspenders 13 are secured at 14 to the garment 1 and are provided with buttonholes 15. When using suspenders of this construction I preferably mount a button in the manner justdescribed adjacent the suspender as clearly shown 1n Figs. 1 and seen by this construction that a metallic linkmay, be used for. any supporting v pu rposes and quickly detached simply by unbuttoning the suspender at thetopand the button also may be removed while allowing the proper laundrying of thegarmentso as to prevent rusting of the links or-1njury from strain or fracture to the" garment.

In-Figs."8 to 10 inclusive the elasticisuspenders 18 form a resilient connection for supporting another garment and may :be readily detached. Each of the elastic suspenders 18 has abutton detachably' con' nected thereto in a manner similar tothat heretofore described. L

In Figs. 7 and 8 I have shown a slightly modified form of a garment which is par ticularly service-able for girls or" ladies wear, while in Fig. 1 the garment isparticularly adapted to be worn by a boy;=the difference in construction being obvious'to those skilled in the art. j In Fig. 11 I have shown a button20 'hav ing a nub 21, said nub having a single hole 22 therein. In this case it is only neces sary topass the closed end 12 of-the loo'p' shown in the drawing or all of them could:

5 through the hole 22 and then-by spreading the loop adjacent the closedend and passing the button therethrough in a manner similar to that'shown in Fig. -5. Aft-er the button has been passed through the loop as just stated, it will form-an inter look as clearly shown in Fig. 1-1. v-When using the form of button shown in Fig. 11

the same may be attached very quickly and easily, as the button only has one hole through which the loop is passed.- Also this type of button is considered extremely efficient, as another portion of the garment may be buttoned thereto without interfering with the cord and the nub 21 may be of any thickness, length or shapel' However, as buttons having'a pluralityiofholes are often used, I- have illustrated the main views of the garment as having buttons of an'ordinary type, as in most-uses theregular flat buttons are preferable as they-lie flat as in Figs. 1 r the loop and'the latter to be-withdrawn from against the garment, such and 2.

In Figs. 12 and 13 I have shown a bar and four hole button respectively as being- In the case of theattached to a garment. latter any two of the holes'maybe used as beused if so desired. Such as would be the case ifa person wished to have the button closer to the garment, as the passing of the loop through all the holes would take up plished byftwisting passing it over .thebutton several times, if so desired.

1 As before mentioned, .I.-. am aware that there'ar'e buttons and buckles on the market which-i-maybe' detached from the garmentfor laundrying purposes without removing their supporting members, 311 11., torex;

ample as split buttons which 'are attachedanddeta'ch'ed by passing the sup I porting member of the button through the slits in the button, however, this i1'ot' "only requires; a special form. of button which is more expensive" than the ordinaryifz button but buttons of such construct-ion"oftenicatch in the. garment and. are-liable 'to"injureithe garment and the bodyand fingersofth; wearer, 0. 1

' With my invention-lam able touse'buttons which 'ar'estandard and may be pure chased on' 'the market, and the-'- 's'ante' readily and securelyattached to the garment in the manner shown and describedtf Also;

'. the supporting cord loops for the buttons are made long which allows the easy attachment and detachment of the buttons andias betoie mentioned, allows freedom of m'oveiiile'nt'between the garmentfhaving the 'button a'b tached thereto'and the. garment h'ich 'it supports I Iclaimr 1. The combination of -aga'rinent a forated-button; and a closedloop o-t material permanently secured to the garment and" having a portion passed; throughqthe perforation, said button beingipassedqcom% .100 pletelythrough the-saidportion of the 5100p after. thev latter has been passed through the perforatiom said loop "being -'ofi"::sufiicient lengthto a11ow t'hebutton tobe re passed in r an opposite direction through-the-said-pork 1 05 tion of the loop and thelatter"to-be-?With drawn from the said perforation" 3 I '2. The combination of a garment;a button having a plurality of holes; and-aloop' of-flex'ible materialpermanently-secured to the garment and having a'porti'on passed through one hole and then through another hole, said button beingpassed. completely through the said portion of the'loop after the latter has been-passed through the last hole-,said loop being of sufiicien't length to allow the button to be remassed in anopposite'direction through the said portion of the said holes. j

- 3. The combination of a garment; a suspender having one end secured to the'garment 'and'being provided-with a buttonhole; a perforated button; and-1a loopl'of fiexibie material permanently secured to 1 the garment and' having a portion passedthrough the perforation, said 'buttonfibeingfpas'sed completely through the said portion of the loop after the latter has been passed through the perforation,- said loop being of suflicient "1'30 length to allow the button to be re-passed in an opposite direction through the said portion of the loop and the latter to be withdrawn from the said perforation, said button being capable of engaging the said buttonhole in the suspender.

4:. The combination of a garment; a suspender having one end secured to the garment and being provided with a buttonhole; a perforated button; a loop of flexible material permanently secured to the garment and having a portion passed through the perforation, said button being passed completely through the said portion of the loop after the latter has been passed through the perforation, said loop being of sufficient length to allow the button to be re-passed in an op posite directiomthrough the said portion of the loop and the latter to be withdrawn from the said perforation, said button being capable of engaging the said buttonhole in the suspender; asecond suspender; abutton secured to the second suspender; and a link for securing the two suspenders together, said link being slidable from the first suspender when the button thereon is disengaged from its buttonhole.

5. The combination of a garment; a suspender detachably secured to said garment; a perforated button; a loop of flexible material permanently secured to the said detachable suspender and having a portion passed through the perforation, said button being passed completely through said portion of the loop after the latter has been passed through the perforation, said loop being of sufiicient length to allow the button to be repassed in an opposite direction through the said portion of the loop and the latter to be withdrawn from the said perforation.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in the presence of two subscrlbing witnesses.

CATHERINE A. WERLE.

Witnesses:

AUGUs'rUs B. Corrns, WM. A. BARR. 

